Open AccessInterventions to Prevent Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers in Recipients of a Solid Organ Transplant: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Author(s) -
Edmund Y. M. Chung,
Suetonia C. Palmer,
Giovanni F.M. Strippoli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002641
Subject(s) - medicine , skin cancer , calcineurin , relative risk , azathioprine , isotretinoin , adverse effect , randomized controlled trial , immunosuppression , dermatology , pimecrolimus , organ transplantation , cancer , transplantation , confidence interval , disease , acne
Organ transplant recipients are at high risk of developing skin cancer. The benefits and harms of interventions to prevent nonmelanoma skin cancer in solid organ transplant recipients have not been summarized.